1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards

8th NSFC Awards

January 4, 1974

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Best Film:
Day for Night

The 8th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1974, honored the best filmmaking of 1973.

Winners

Best Picture

• Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Director

• François Truffaut – Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Actor

• Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)

Best Actress

• Liv Ullmann – The New Land (Nybyggarna)

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert De Niro – Mean Streets

Best Supporting Actress

• Valentina Cortese – Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Screenplay

• George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck – American Graffiti

Best Cinematography

• Vilmos Zsigmond – The Long Goodbye

Special Awards

• Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo)
• Daryl Duke
• Robert Ryan – The Iceman Cometh

External links

• Past Awards

References

• FILM BY TRUFFAUT NAMED BEST OF'73; ' Day for Night' Is Chosen by National Society of Critics The New York Times
• 'Day for Night' Tops Critics' Poll Los Angeles Times
• 1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database